Do actors skip the first show after opening night?
Do actors skip the first show after opening night?
Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#1
Posted: 3/5/08 at 10:09pmJust wondering because I bought In the Heights tickets the tuesday after the opening night and I was wondering if leads take that day off?
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#2
Posted: 3/5/08 at 11:00pm
No.
And if the reviews are good, that'll be a very high energy performance.
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#4
Posted: 3/5/08 at 11:47pmWell, unless they get sick...
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#5
Posted: 3/6/08 at 12:01am
The only time I could see this occurring would be in the event an actor was very sick leading up to opening, but pushed through the last few press previews and the opening night.
For instance, did Stephanie Block miss soon after opening of Pirate Queen?
To the OP: I'm sure it's happened, but it's very, very rare.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#6
Posted: 3/6/08 at 12:15am
Actors don't miss performances, unless it's an emergency (sick or personal), scheduled vacation or scheduled alternate.
There.
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#7
Posted: 3/6/08 at 1:04am
I would assume that the actors wouldn't want to miss as many shows as possible, especially right after the opening.
If they all planned to skip the first show after opening night, then they should just cancel the show that day.
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#8
Posted: 3/6/08 at 1:06amYou should see everyone.
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#9
Posted: 3/6/08 at 2:11amyeah this never happens unless of illness/emergency. But don't worry if Lin-Manuel is out his understudy is AMAZING.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#10
Posted: 3/6/08 at 6:03amelphaba ~ Yes. I saw The Pirate Queen a day or two after opening and Kathy was in as Grania. But it had been pretty well publicized that Stephanie was sick, so I wasn't totally surprised.
LIVE THAT LESSON!!!!!!
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#11
Posted: 3/6/08 at 8:04amyes, always. And if it stars Benanti or Fantasia probably at least every other performance subsequently.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#12
Posted: 3/6/08 at 9:22amI just saw both Paradise Park and Next to Normal at the shows directly after opening night and they were both fine. I would think everyone would be there, and well rested too because lots of times the actors get a day off between opening night and the next show. Don't worry.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#13
Posted: 3/6/08 at 6:37pmNone that I know. Why would they? The work has just begun.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#14
Posted: 3/6/08 at 6:47pm
Why would they? The work has just begun.
What does that have to do with anything? Comments like that are pretty ignorant.
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#15
Posted: 3/6/08 at 6:47pm????????????????????????
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#16
Posted: 3/6/08 at 7:01pmI saw Xanadu the day after it opened. It was a matinee on Wednesday actually, they opened Tuesday night. The show was wonderful, every actor giving 110% even after I'm sure a late night partying and celebrating the great reviews. I even picked up an opening night playbill because they had them left over.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#17
Posted: 3/6/08 at 9:36pmIt's a very good question, a matter of fact, I work for a regional theater company and they usually plan their opening nights for Sat and it is followed by a day off. There is no Sunday Matinee the next day. In fact this company does all their shows like that. Once opening night hits, the next day, is a day off (depending on the opening night day). Mostly because party goes on to weee hours in the morning...
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#18
Posted: 3/14/08 at 2:52pmBlaxx why is Ugarte's comment ignorant? What he/she is saying is that he/she does not understand why an actor would take the day off after opening night. "the work has just begun"...meaning the show has only just opened and there is much work to be done. I'm not sure why you think that comment is ignorant?
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#19
Posted: 3/14/08 at 2:57pmCough-cough-Madeline Kahn in On The Twentieth Century-cough-cough.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#20
Posted: 3/14/08 at 3:09pm
Nope.
Some productions have done with not having shows the night after opening. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN opened on a Thursday and had no show the next day. I think that's a pretty cool idea.
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re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#21
Posted: 3/14/08 at 3:11pm
"Blaxx why is Ugarte's comment ignorant? What he/she is saying is that he/she does not understand why an actor would take the day off after opening night. "the work has just begun"...meaning the show has only just opened and there is much work to be done. I'm not sure why you think that comment is ignorant?"
Blaxx said that because I don't think Ugarte realizes that the actors have already been working their a$$es off since day 1 of rehersals. The work does not begin after opening night.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
re: Do actors skip the first show after opening night?#22
Posted: 3/14/08 at 5:54pmUgarte DOES know they have been working their butts off. He is an actor. Any self-respecting professional actor is not going to take the day off just because he or she has worked hard to get to opening night.
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